Processing Times (I-751) for MSC (National Benefits Center)

[Ring of The fire 55]

25 minutes ago, Scandi said:

Sure they are, many of the AOS cases that were approved without interview already had a date for interviews (meaning the cases are at field offices) but those were cancelled due to the virus. They were later approved without interview.

It’s a great news then!! It gives me light of hope. Thank you for your information 

[Duncan21 202]

4 hours ago, Scandi said:

Just saw this MSC i-751 filer on Facebook who got an approval without interview. You guys could be just as lucky, too early to tell but at least a bit of hope.

This is encouraging, thank you for sharing.  This person mentioned they're waiting for N400 interview - I wonder if s/he also filed N400 and that is pending...

[Scandi 4,176]

11 hours ago, Duncan21 said:

This is encouraging, thank you for sharing.  This person mentioned they're waiting for N400 interview - I wonder if s/he also filed N400 and that is pending...

She did, she says she filed the N-400 back in January.

[Ring of The fire 55]

On 3/15/2020 at 10:13 AM, NYCQueens2017 said:

Resident of Queens. 

Is your interview canceled?

[jr_2016 3]

On 3/18/2020 at 1:25 PM, just_passing_by2 said:

Thank you

 

I would also like to add that before interview we had to wait about 30 mins before being called. The Immigration Officer apologized for keeping us waiting as she said "They put you in wrong section, I was looking for you for a while". My understanding of this is that for people whose cases are pretty straight forward, they are kept in ?different section/?subset of interviewees and the interview is just a formality. Again, this is just my interpretation. Could be wrong.

@just_passing_by2 hi, was it your only interview or you had another interview before receiving the conditional green card? 

[Philly2017 35]

On 4/19/2020 at 2:44 AM, Ring of the lord said:

Is your interview canceled?

It is, but I'm still hoping for a virtual interview tomorrow 😂

 

All jokes aside, all interviews have been cancelled from March 18 to at least May 3.  

 

What's your local office?

 

[Ring of The fire 55]

37 minutes ago, NYCQueens2017 said:

It is, but I'm still hoping for a virtual interview tomorrow 😂

 

All jokes aside, all interviews have been cancelled from March 18 to at least May 3.  

 

What's your local office?

 

I was in Brooklyn office but recently I moved and since last month I’ve been with Queens office . Did you receive any correspondence from uscis ?

[Philly2017 35]

1 hour ago, Ring of the lord said:

I was in Brooklyn office but recently I moved and since last month I’ve been with Queens office . Did you receive any correspondence from uscis ?

I did.  They sent out a cancellation notice as soon as they announced the in-person services suspension on their website.

 

What's your status? 

[Ring of The fire 55]

4 hours ago, NYCQueens2017 said:

I did.  They sent out a cancellation notice as soon as they announced the in-person services suspension on their website.

 

What's your status? 

My interview was never scheduled but on March 26 it’s says interview cancelled and now it says ready to b scheduled for interview again, according to @Scandi someone got approved without interview from field office, let’s just hope we will get approved soon😀😀

[Ring of The fire 55]

On 4/20/2020 at 6:23 PM, NYCQueens2017 said:

I did.  They sent out a cancellation notice as soon as they announced the in-person services suspension on their website.

 

What's your status? 

What’s your current status tho ?

[Stark44 2]

When someone submits a ROC to either the Texas or Arizona address do they all then get transferred to the MSC to get processed?

 

Additionally, with the EO am I correct in saying that this does not effect those with a green card who are in the US and will be applying to remove conditions?

[Scandi 4,176]

30 minutes ago, Stark44 said:

When someone submits a ROC to either the Texas or Arizona address do they all then get transferred to the MSC to get processed?

 

Additionally, with the EO am I correct in saying that this does not effect those with a green card who are in the US and will be applying to remove conditions?

No, only i-751 cases that need interviews are instantly routed to MSC. Those cases are those that hasn't been interviewed for the conditional greencard inside the US (like CR-1, but also K-1 cases who didn't have interviews for their AOS etc). MSC is called NBC nowadays, it's the service center that prepares cases for interviews. Now during Corona things have changed a bit, some get approved without an interview, who normally would've been interviewed.

 

From the looks of it, the new EO does not affect anybody who already has a greencard.

[Philly2017 35]

6 hours ago, Ring of the lord said:

What’s your current status tho ?

It went back to "Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" following the cancellation.

[Ring of The fire 55]

5 hours ago, NYCQueens2017 said:

It went back to "Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" following the cancellation.

Let’s just hope they will approve ours without an interview and soon we will wake up seeing the magic word ‘Approved’ 😀

[Stark44 2]

10 hours ago, Scandi said:

No, only i-751 cases that need interviews are instantly routed to MSC. Those cases are those that hasn't been interviewed for the conditional greencard inside the US (like CR-1, but also K-1 cases who didn't have interviews for their AOS etc). MSC is called NBC nowadays, it's the service center that prepares cases for interviews. Now during Corona things have changed a bit, some get approved without an interview, who normally would've been interviewed.

 

From the looks of it, the new EO does not affect anybody who already has a greencard.

Thanks for confirming the EO does not affect those who already have a GC in the US for RoC and can resume this process.

 

If a spouse had been interviewed at AoS does it mean the RoC interview gets waived or can they be interviewed again? I assume it may also be determined by the amount of evidence that is provided when removing conditions too. 

 

If the MSC does not process their case what center would? I am just wondering if certain service centers have faster processing times than others.